The Sun. — London, England, 1836-12-07 00:00:00

. 3 ury to the dike of Hondsboschen, we have not heard of any other damage of that kind. The sections of the Second Chamber of the States Ge neral have completed their examination of the budget. We hear that his Majesty has been pleased to appoint Baron Van Doom Secretary, and General Baron Kock Minister of the Interior, in the room of Baron Van Doorn. -- - DUTCH FUNDS--.AMSTERBAM, DEC. 2. Money. Bills. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent S2N 53 Ditto, ditto 5 per cent. A mart Syndic, 4% per cent 9 3 14 93:!i Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 74.14 75 1 ,4 'Commercial Company, 4 1 .", per cent 1.76U 178% Ditto (1611 and 1633) b pcj cent. Exchange on London, One month l2 07% Two months PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY' AT ONE O'CLOCK. B ink Stock. 2OB lndia Stoek — 3 per Cent. Red. 871.i B'4 Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons — South Sea Stock 3 , 4 per Cent.......... 96% Old Annnities IY.tto Red ... 9654% New Ditto — New 3% per Cent...-. ... ........ 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 — New 5 per Cent Bank Long AniutiblestA , nire Ditto ..... ..........500 l4 12 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 .44% 11-111 N , Ditto'SmaU l2 15 14 pm. net 10, W. 9 l4 9-16 , Ditto Commercial -• dis. J in. 5, Ifine. — Ditto Advertised Pin Jan. 5, .881.- - Bank Stock for Acc0unt........ April 5, 1880 — India Stock for Account -- Jan. 5, 1870 — Consols for Acconnt., BS3 9 3 i4 li Omnium' —Pm• PRICES ON FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds .R,ltian Bonds lOO% THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds .......... Ditto Account ........... Portuguesellonds Ditto Account Ditto New Bonds 45 4% Ditto Account...... 5 1 4 4% Ditto, 3 per cent. 29% Prussian Bonds Russian Bonds, 1822 107% Ditto Account Ditto Metallic Spanish Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1R34 194 1 4% Ditto Account 1 9 0 ,9Mi 19 French, 5 per —r. —c. --- 4 per cent. —f. —c. 3 per cent. ..-f. —c. —1 Exchange —e. Dutch, 2% per cent. 53% 4 3.4 U 22 Ditto Account 53% 44 Ditto, 5 per cent. lOO% —' Ditto Account Ditto Account. Brtziligin Bonds — Ditto Account 5 0 52% Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account Chillian Bonds Ditto Account Columbian Bonds Ditto Account ... — Cohtuabian Bonds, 1Et24.......g% 2Ny Ditto Account ... ..... Dataish Bonds Ditto Account ...... ......... 'Week Bonds ditto Bonds, 1:425 Di:+o Account Mexicad Bonds, 5 per cent— Ditto Account Dino, 6 per cent Ditto Account Neapolitan.... ....... ....... PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLK. Paid. OC Per Share. flreat Western Railway Company...". .......... 3O 41% 40% 2 Brighton f Rennie's) 3 I% Brighton (Candy's) 3 I% London and Blackwall Railway London and Birmingham Railway Company 7O 135 London and Greenwich Railway Company 2O 22 London and Southampton Railway Company 3O 21% London Grand Junction Railway Manchester and Leeds Railway Company South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 2 2 British American Land Company lB 13 Mexican and Soidh American 5 6% Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 40 ------- COURSE OF EXCH Amsterdam C F l2 61t Ditto, at sight l2 3% Rotterdam 2U. 12 7 Antwerp... Hamburg.. Altona ..... Paris, 3 days' sight 25 55 Ditto ....... .............. 2 Us 25 95 Marseilles. Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M 153 Petersbutgh, ruble '3 Us lO 0 Berlin Vienna, effective fl 2M.10 14 Trieste ditto lO 15 Madrid 35 y, Cadiz 37 Bilboa 36 Barcelona '36 Seville 56 Gibraltar I,,NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4714 Genoa 25 95 Milan . . il Venice 47 Naple: 4O P a l ermo per oz. 121 Lisbon 54 Oporto 5 4 14 Rio Janeiro 34 Bahia 26 Buenos Ayres 2l days' sight Cork • PRICE OF BULLION, PER (IZ. Portugal Gold, coin £0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver. bars. standard 0 5 0 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due 0 America.......... 0 2 France ...... ...... 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Ouvrii.&Jersty 1 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 1 0 Mexico 0 0 Cartli age na 0 I Holland ...... .... 0 0 Ostend 0 I D u blin... ....... 0 0 Jamaica . . .... .... 0 0 Sweden 0 0 Flanders 1 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 _HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning .........44 minutes after 1. I Evening 13 minutes after 2. MRS. CHILD'S NEW WORK. Immediately in post Bvo. p U ILO T H E A; or, THE DAYS OF PERICLES. By MRS. CHILD. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. PIERCE EGAN'S NEW WORK. On the Ist of December was published, Part 1., price One Shilling, in Demy Octavo, containing 32 pages of letter press, closely printed, intituled T HE PILGRIMS OF THE THAMES IN SEARCH OF THE NATIONAL ! By PIERCE EGAN, Author of " Life in London," &c. &c. With wo characteristic Sketches from Nature, by Pierce Egan the Younger ; beautifully engraved by Onwhyn. To be completed in Twelve Monthly Parts. Lendcin ;---W. Strange, Paternoster-row ; and Sold by all Book sellers in England) Ireland, Scotland and Wales. HAMBURGH, Nov. 15, 1836. OUR Friends, and all those who may have to write to us, are requogy. -1 to be particular in directing, HEINE BRO'I7IERST in HAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted in One Bank of Eng land Note would only cause double Poste, but 101. remitted in Iwo notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note ; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when over possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, sin -Passing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. T o s ti.ve expenses that may as well be . avoided, we request our Correspendents not to overlook these par i tar. E BROTHERS. The publicatiort of Ns SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past 7'hrce o' Clock. _ _ 74 - 1 • fey ~~~ ~ ~~Q LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1836. Advices from Madrid to the Ist instant reached Paris by an extraordinary courier on Monday. On the 29th the peace of the capital was disturbed by the revolt of a battalion of the 4th regiment of the Royal Guard. The insubordination of the men arose from a dispute with their Colonel, on some matter wholly unconnected with politics. The Na tional Guard was instantly called out, and the ring leader of the insurgents arrested. The next day three of them were shot, which had the effect of restoring the most perfect order. The details of this affair have not yet reached us. Madrid Journals, to the 28th inst., have been re ceived. They state that the Government received despatches from the army of the South, informing Ministers that on the 21st GOMEZ had reached Guacin, hotly pursued by Generals NARVAEZ and RI- Guacin is a small village in the Serrania de Ronda, on the main road between the cities of Ronda and San Roque, and only a short distance from Gib raltar. To the right are the cities of Medinasidonia, Arcos, Perez de la Fronteva, and the strongly fortified town of Ponto de Santa Maria. Seville is now considerably in the rev of the rebels, and entirely out of danger. Malaga lies to the left of Guacin, and the whole coast in that direction is studded with strongly fortified towns, defended by large garrisons. The si tuation of GOMEZ is therefore more critical than it was at any time during the last two months. It is impossible for him to advance much further, unless he hope to find vessels on the coast to convey him and 14 troops to the coast of Catalonia, which is very - unlikely indeed ; and to escape back into Estremadura or Murcia with such a strong army prepared to cut off his resreat is a project still more difficult of execution. The population of the Serrania de Ronda, a hardy mountainous race of enterprising smugglers, are sup posed to be favourable to the cause of the Pretender, as that cause is presumed to be favourable to their illicit traffic. The Carlists, therefore, look to them for support; and it is possible that GOMEZ find ing that he could neither attack Seville nor march upon Murcia, with RIBIERo so close at his heels, be thought him of the advantage of appealing to the chi valrous feelings of the heroes of the war of indepen dence—the men who, under BALLASTEROS, made a successful stand against double their number of the flower of the French army. But, fortunately for the Constitutional c ause, General NARVAEZ was born in This very neighbourhood, and knows every inch of the country around it. His kindred are numerous, and attached to his interests. The people, too, are said to hoM him in great esteem, so that the chances are en tirely in his favour. During his last flight GOMEZ has been guilty of the most frightful excesses. When lie found it inconvenient to carry Ida prisoners along with him, lie uniformly ordered them to be cdipt, and their dead bodies to be flung into the nearest ditch, He did not even .permit them to be buried. The outrages against decency committed by his men are of so atrocious a nature, that we cannot so much as al lude to them. This has raised an outcry against him which henceforth will facilitate the triumphs of the QUEEN'S Generals. In Catalonia rebel bands are laying the country waste in every direction. The iufiians are intent only upon obtaining plunder, and care not in whose name they pillage the villages not protected by the presence of a strong military force. The frightful nature of their crimes cries aloud for the powerful interference of the Government. There is no news of any importance from the capi tal. The Cortes are busy ; but unfortunately not with the examination of questions of the greatest moment. in the present alarming state of the country. Instead of directing their sole and undivided attention to the state of the war, and the finances necessary to carry it on, they waste their precious moments with the details of certain amendments and a meliorations to be intro duced into the Constitutional Code. This is not the way to tranquillize Spain in a hurry. First crush the rebellion, and then amend tile Constitution. Where laws cannot be enforced, it is both ridiculous and ab surd to promulgate them. The attempt to do so only brings the nominally supreme Government into disre pute ; and, in fact, destroys the moral influence of the executive over the minds of the people. The whole of the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday have been received. The Moniteur of Sun day contains the following telegraphic despatch : " The Government has received the following intelligence from Bayonne " BAY ONNE, DEC. 2, 1 O'CLOCK, P.M. " The Madrid courier was delayed two days by the pas sage of Cabrera through Soria, on the 27th. " Brigadier Vera (a deputy) has been appointed Minis tet of War. " Advices from St. Sebastian of the 30th ult., state that Espartero was about to throw a bridge of boats over the river, in order to reach Bilboa. " 24 pieces of artillery coming .from'England, ammuni tion, and a company of British artillery, have been landed at St. Sebastian, for the armament of the port of Passages.' " In the same official organ of Monday, we likewise find the following despatches : " BAYONNE, DEC. 3, 2 O'CLOCK P.M. " On the 30th, Espartero crossed the river on a bridge of boats, opposite the Desierto. Villareal passed it at Ola viega, and they are now in presence of each other on the right bank, at a distance of three leagues from Bilboa. " General Eguia bad sent to Villareal all his disposable forces, and is continuing the siege. The Convent of the Conception, the present point of attack, was not taken on the Ist, and the city still held out." " BAYONNE, DEC. 3, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, P.M. " Iribarren marched on Azagra, and General Clonard on Puenta la Reyna, to prevent the passage of several 'hundred horses, taken in Andalusia, and of the money which Cabrera . . . (Interrupted by nightfall.) " The victory claimed by the Carlist Chief, VILLA REAL, over General ESPARTERO, appears, from the official bulletin addressed by VILLAREAL himself to the War Minister, ERRO, to have been a very trifling affair. ESPARTERO was momentarily repulsed, not beaten. There is reason to hope, that as Bilboa has held out so long, the Carlists will be obliged to raise the siege. The conduct of the garrison has been all that could be desired, with the exception of the evacua tion of the forts during the three first days. A general engagement between ESPARTERO and VILLAREAL Is inevitable, and on its result de pends the fate of Bilboa. The check received by ESPARTERO in attempting to cross the Cos tregena bridge, may be of use to him, though we greatly fear the influence which it may have upon the spirits of such of his men as are not inured to the dan gers and chances of war. Advices from Bayonne, dated the lit inst., notice the arrest of Mr. GEORGE HAWKINS, an English man, on suspicion of being charged with a secret mis sion to Don CARLOS. The Bayonne correspondent of a Ministerial Contemporary positively asserts that Mr. HAWKINS was arrested at the instance of certain Carlists who were opposed to the object of Mr. HAW KINS' mission—not because such was the vigilance of the French authorities that he could not pass and re-pass the frontier as often as he pleased. The Paris Minis terial Journals, he observes, will seize upon the arrest of Mr. HAWKINS as a proof of the vigilance of the authorities on the frontier ; but so far is this from being the case, that he himself is able to give the names of two hundred persons, who—within the last four months—have passed over to the Carlists, without the slightest interruption. As his description of the formalities gone through on such occasions is remarkable for its accuracy, we will take the liberty of copying it for the edification of our Gallic Contemporaries : " The process of passing the frontier is most simple ; I know it well, for I have examined it closely. If you seek to enter the Carlist country from France your course is this— you arrive here under the ordinary pass pro visoire of the po lice. The Carlist agent to whom you are recommended here arms you with the requisite document to ensure your reception after you cross the frontier, and by his instructions you proceed to the Bureau de Sub- Prefeture, where, depositing your pass prorisoire, you receive a written permission (printed forms have not yet been adopted) to visit Behobia, a small town si tuated directly over the river Bidassoa, wl.ich is the frontier boundary of the two countries. Arrived at Behobia, you de posit this written permission with the agent of police, stat ing in it whether or not it is your intention to reclaim it at a future period ; you then cross the bridge at Behobia, and you are at once in the Carlist country. Ere long you are challenged by a sentinel, to whom you exhibit the document supplied by the Carlist agent at Bayonne. On its being found correct a soldier accompanies you to Irun, where from the au thorities you receive a passport to such part of the country as you may desire to go. So much for persons going into Spain from France. Crossing from Spain into France, the form is nearly the same. All passports from the interior are directed to the authorities of Irun, who alone give the passes which are accepted at Behobia. Receiving one of these you pre sent yourself to the police at Behobia, who, retaining this document, give you, as in the former case, a written per. mission to visit Bayonne. Arrived here you get a passport from the mayor to whatever part of the country you de sire to go, and on returning to Behobia with the like for malities your Irun pass is handed to you. I should mention that it is only within the last three months that this total abandonment of all pretence has taken place. Formerly, though never impracticable, it was much more difficult to cross the frontier, but now there is not the smallest hazard in the attempt. A single day does not pass that half a dozen per sons, either coming or going, cannot be found here; and I know is a fact, that on the very . day of Mr. ilawkins's first arrest nine individuals (among vvhom a Colonel Butt and his son) went over. Twice a week there is a regular courier between the factious territory and France, the only difference between this and any other quarter being, that while the letter-bag com ing from Spain is received and distributed by the post-office, that for letters coming from France is made up and for warded at the residence of the Marquis of Lalande, the princi pal Carlist agent residing here. But need Igo beyond the Carlist newspapers themselves to prove the extent of the com munication between the two parts in question? Does a day pass that the journals in that interest do not insert Durango correspondence ? Not one. Again, the Onate Gazette (the Carlist official publication) is as regularly distributed to sub scribers here, as is the Phare de Bayonne or the Sentinelle de Pyrenees. These are facts which cannot be contradicted ; they speak for themselves." The process of obtaining access to the h ea d-quarters of the PRETENDER could hardly be rendered more simple on the part of the very complaisant French authorities. Of course Louis PiinifirE sees in this only the proper operation of the intervention system guaranteed by the Quadruple Treaty. The Wakefield Conservative Association gave a din ner on Monday last to the Hon. W. S. LASCELLES, at which Lord WHARNCLIFFE and divers other York shire Tory Incorrigibles were present. This affair had been long trumpeted about the West Riding, and in credible pains were taken to secure a becoming amount of mouths ; but, despite all their efforts, the getters , up of the ovation were only able to muster four hundred guests—which, from the enthusiastic way in which some of the speakers alluded to the circumstance, was evidently two hundred more than they had calculated on. And this is what our Tory cotemporaries call " a s ignificant display I" It is a significant display, but not hi the sense in which they use the terms. It is " sig nificant" only of the low ebb to which Toryism is reduced. What, could not the united influence of the HAREWOoDs and the WHARNCLIFFES bring together more than four hundred supporters in Ycrkshire—in that county where they are supposed to exercise so paramount an influence ? Could no weir than for—or at the very utmost—four hundred THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, s3O and fifty Yorkshiremen be found to echo the praises bestowed by Jord WHARNCLIFFE on the House of Lords? Why, in Somersetshire the other day, where a Reform dinner was got up almost on the spur of the moment, upwards of six hundred people attended But perhaps their knowledge of the speakers kept many away from the Wakefield feed ; for who, unless handsomely paid for his duty, would go to hear a Rev. Mr. SIIARP prose by the hour together, in de fence of our glorious Constitution in Church and State? A gooddinner is no adequate compensation for sufferings of this sort. Champagne may enable a man to endure ten minutes of a SHARP'S philippic ; but Imperial toquay itself will not enable him to sit out an hour's worth of such an orator's abuse. This Rev. Gentle- CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE MATTER OF JESUS COLLEGE. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in this case in his private room ; we are, therefore, prevented giving either the facts, or his Lordship's decision. THE MARQUIS OF BREADALBANE V. THE MARQUIS OF CHANDOS. The arguments in this case, which were partly heard yes terday, were resumed immediately on his Lordship taking his seat in Court. Mr. KNIGHT proceeded to address the Court on behalf of the Marquis of Breadalbane, in support of the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, and had not concluded when our Reporter left, at two o'clock. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) gPACKMAN V. TP411311E:LI" man--who judging from his speech we should con ceive to ,have far more of the fat than the sharp in his composition—observed, that the more our glorious Constitution was assailed, the more its majesty was apparent, and the more durable it became. Why then how grateful ought this Mr. SHARP to be to the Reformers, who (according to his own ac count) are doing their best to assail the Con stitution ! Are they not, by such assault, testing its majesty, and adducing proofs positive of its durability ? Surely this Yorkshire pastor should be the very last to abuse the Reformers, for it is by their efforts only that the Constitution is proved to be im pregnable I In another part, however, of the Rev. Gentleman's speech, we find that this Constitution— majestic and durable as it may appear to him—has already lost " one of its main pillars ;" but which, he takes care to assure us, is a mere trifle not worth talk ing about, because the " British lion is at last awake," and of course, being an architect, will instantly set to, and rebuild the fallen column ! And trash of this sort is considered by the Yorkshire Tories as genuine eloquence, and cheered accordingly ! If the dinners of these men were concocted of no more wholesome materials than the speeches of some of their Mag nates, not one of them but would be poisoned be fore he left the table. Lord WHARNCLIFFE talked pretty much as he always does, and as we greatly fear, ever will. He praised the virtues of the Lords, and roundly stated that they would play over again next Session, the game they played throughout the last. Let them do so. The consequences of such obstinacy will not fall on the country, but on them. They and The argument in this case, which came before the Court upon an application to re-hear three petitions, occupied his Honour the whole morning. The facts are of no interest, except to the parties concerned. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) JITDG MENT .-MTLLIN V. FLETCHER. Lord LANGDALE, in giving judgment in this case, said the testator having contracted to purchase the estate in question, made a codicil to his will, and thereby devised the purchased estate to the plaintiff. Sometime afterwards the legal estate was conveyed to him, or for his benefit, and the question in the cause was whether the conveyance ope rated as a revocation of the devise. By the contract in this case the testator was entitled to a conveyance to him, " his heirs, appointees, and assigns." The effect of the word " appointees" had been disputed ; it having been contended that it meant such persons as the testator might nominate and appoint previous to the conveyance, so that there might be a conveyance to them by the vendor ; or such persons as the testator might nominate and appoint subsequent to the conveyance. The conveyance was to the'testator and his heirs, to such uses as he should by deed appoint, and in default of appointment to the tenants for life. If the testator bad an equitable estate in fee simple under the contract, the will was revoked according to the cases that had been decided on this point. What ever effect might be attributed to the word " appointees" the contract was so framed as to revoke the devise. It was possible this result might defeat the intention of the testator, but the law disregarded intentions, and sometimes, as Sir Thomas Plumer had observed, violated an intention clearly indicated. It had been argued at the Bar, that the rules, in these cases, were too strict, and had been much regretted by the profession. This his Lordship considered not to have been urged improperly, but it tended to make the Judge more cautious in concluding, that that, which he found to be a rule was really a rule admitted in the law ; but whether the authorities relating to a revoca tion by contract were subject to so great an objection as had been stated, or whether it was or was not the proper subject of regret that they should be applied to cases of this nature, his Lordship did not think he had authority to deviate from decisions that had been acquiesced in, and which had for years past furnished a rule for Courts of Equity. He conceived it to be the duty of a Judge to administer the law according to the recognised practice of the profession. The enquiry before him was, not what the law ought to be, but what it was, and how it was to be applied to the particular case under consi deration. It was melancholy to find the law in such a state that eminent Judges and writers expressed their disappro bation of it, and regretted that they were bound to give effect to it ; but it would be still more melancholy to find Judges declaring the law to be according to their notions of what it ought to be. All stability would then be lost, and every decision would tend to confusion. The distinc tion in this case turned on a very small point, but by de parting from distinctions that were settled, a degree of uncertainty was produced, so that no one could advise upon a will until the opinion of the Court was had upon it. Therefore, whether the distinction was sound or not, if it had been adopted in the cases reported in the books, it was better to abide by it than to determine whether it ought or ought not to be established. It being his Lordship's opinion the d ev i se was rev ok e d, the bill, which was in sub stance for a specific performance of a contract, was dis missed, and the costs were ordered to be paid out of the . estate. they alone, will be the sufferers. A people is immortal, but all history shows that an aristocracy is made up of most perishable stuff. It is here to-day—gone to morrow. And why ? Because it is a luxury, not a necessary. Lord WH A RNCLIFP E himself seems aware of this fact, for he expressly observed that the Lords had no power to hold out, if the country chose to declare against them. Unsupported by popular opinion they could not stand an instant. His Lordship is right, and greatly it surprises us that see ing which is the right path for the Peers to pursue, he should persist in counselling them to take the wrong one. Why does he not advise them to bow to the opinion which he confesses is uncontrollable ? There would be no mean subserviency in such a course of conduct ; but on the contrary, a show of discretion and good feeling, which would give the Lords a strong claim on the gratitude of the country. The people are naturally prejudiced in favour of the Aristocracy; but they will not allow that these last are our only fit legis lators. They claim the right of judgment for them selves, and will not surrender that right, even though the House of Peers should perish in the struggle. A considerable portion of Lord WHARNCLIFFE'S speech was made up, as might have been expected, of abuse of O'CONNELL ; but great as was this abuse, it was nothing to that of Mr. LASCELLES, who made the astounding discovery that DANIEL was neither more nor less than the Devil ! Yes, we have the au- thority of this astute Tory for saying that O'CoN NELL is Anti-Christ, and has taken up his quar ters at Lichfield House. He no longer roams ud and down the earth, " seeking whom he may de vour," hut remains stationary at Lord LictiFlELD's, where he contents himself with swallowing a Whig or two every morning for breakfast. The poor Tories If it were not for O'CONNELL, we really know not what they would do. He has been the making of Lord LYNDHURST, so far as notoriety is concerned ; and who knows but he may be the means of bringi ng even such a thing as LASCELLES into fashion We beg to direct the attention of,' our readers to an advertisement, which appears in our first page, respect ing a Rector of the Established Church ; the facts, as mentioned to us, are Certainly extraordinary. It ap pears that about twenty years ago, a public subscription was entered into by the inhabitants of AlotPeth, to establish a school for the children of the poor and in digent. Mr. EKINS was appointed the Secretary. The school, after being carried on for a short time, was discontinued, and Mr. EKINS, without any authority, placed the money in the Funds in his own individual name. Until within these few months the matter slept in profound silence. The Reform Council of the borough, however, thought it nec essary to make so me enquiries respecting this money ; and in conjunction with a deputation from the Churchwardens, Overseers, and Select Vestry, signified to the Reverend Gentleman their wish to have an interview with him, but he re plied by saying he had no fiends in his hands for a free school. The deputation, however, called upon him, and obtained a confession that he had 5001., Three-and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, belongin g to the Charity, and that, since the year , 1827, he had, of his own accord, applied the interest to a shadow of a Sun day school. A Public Meeting of the whole Parish was convened, at which certain gentlemen were ap pointed to request the money to be placed in their hands, for the purpose of applying it to the object for which it was originally subscribed. But the Rector refused to give it up. He has since been applied to by the Bishop of DURHAM, but without success. A good deal of excitement, and some discussion in the local Newspapers, have been called forth, and tiler° seems every probability that an application to the LORD C HAN CELLOR will be necessary. It is no wonder that the Established Church sinks in public estimation when one who derives an income of 1,6001. from his station in it is capable of such conduct. The Vestry of the parish of St. George, Hanover square has resolved to appeal against the Middlesex County-rate, for the present quarter, made by the Jus tices of the Peace in Quarter Sessions, on the 27th of October, 1836, at one half-penny in the pound, or a gross sum 11,1851. 3s. 6d. THE FUNDS.-(THIS I)AY.) CITY, 7'lV ELY E O'CLO CK. According to accounts from Madrid, of the :30th appears that eommotions took place on the 28th and 29th, owing to a regiment of the Guards having revoked ; but some of the officers having interfered, they Again returned to their duty:. Bilboa still held out out on the Ist instant; Espartero must soon relieve it, otherwise it cannot make a longer re sistance. The Carlists were on the 30th, under Villareal, posted opposite Espartero, and ere this a battle must have taken place. Consols, which closed yesterday at 88i, opened this m orning at BSI I for the Op en i ng ; Reduced, 871 ; Ex chequer Bills, 11 13 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 206-3 207 -3; India Stock, '257 258. Spanish Active closed at 18 f , at present 191 ; Passive, 51 ; Deferred, 73 I ; Portuguese, 411 ; Three per Cents., 281 1 ; Colombian, 213- 1 ; Dutch Two-and-a-half per Cents., 531 54. Within the last few minutes Consols have advanced to 89i buyers, owing to money being more plentiful, and a scarcity of stock. RALF-PAST ONE. Consols, which had reached in the early part of the morning 89t for the opening, are not so , rood at present , and may be quoted at 89h ; Reduc e d, 871 881 ; Exche quer Bills, 11 13 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 20 ; India Stock, 256 i. We hear that a large amount in gold is expected from Paris, in the Porelgq Aiwkot OPaPisii Acti v e reached 19i Passive, 5+ ; Deferred, V Portuguese, 4445 ; Three per Cents„ 281 29 ; Culota ian, 2.4 ; Mexi can, 22 Dutch Two and a Half per Cents„ Consols for the Account, 6911- DOI3SON V. LYALL. In this case the plaintiff, Mr. Dobson, a merchant of London, was the first mortgagee of a ship in question in the cause, called " the Tam O'Shanter." The defendants were Charles and William Lyall, carrying on business as co-partners in Calcutta, under the firm of Lyall and Co., .—Mr. William Lyall carrying on business in London on his separate account, under the firm of William Lyall and Co., and the second, third, and fourth mortgagees of the ship were also made ..defendants. Messrs. William and Charles Lyall claim to have a lien upon the ship by virtue of what is called " bottomry bond," and which lien, they contend, is paramount to all the other interests in the ship. The question is to what, if to any extent, the bottomry bond is to have preference over the mortgage to the plaintiff, the decision upon which will decide the question as to all the subsequent mortgages. Tne case was being opened by Mr. Kindersley, the plaintiff's counsel, when we left the Court. KING'S BENCH.-(T HIS DAY.) ',Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Lord DENMAN, and a Common Jury.) ENNIS V. WItAINCI!. This was an action to recover the amount of a bill of exchange for 401., drawn by 'William Clarke, accepted by the defendant, and passed to the plaintiff. The bill was dated the 11th April, 1835, payable three months after date, and the defence taken to the action was, that the defendant was at the time he accepted the bill an infant, being within the age of twenty-one years. Mrs. Beswick, mother to the defendant, and two of his aunts, deposed that Henry Wrainch, the defendant, was born on the 24th December, 1814, and consequently that he was under twenty-one years. of age at the time the bill was drawn. The register of the defendant's baptism, at the parish church of St. Pancras, bore date the 14th De cember, 1814. The mother was re-examined upon this point; and said it must be a mistake, as the defendant was born on the 24th December, Christmas eve, 1814. Mr. PLATT addressed the Jury for the plaintiff, and Lord DENMAN, in summing up, observed that there could be no doubt in the minds of the Jury, as the date of the defendant's birth had been distinctly sworn to by three wit nesses, who were most competent to give evidence to the fact. Mr. PLATT said if that was his Lordship's opinion, he would prefer to have his client nonsuited.—The plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. There were two Special Jury cases, and about a dozen Common Jury cases on the list for to-day, but the former were withdrawn, and the parties in the other cases were not ready when they were called on. After three or four had been struck out, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL prayed the indulgence of the Court for a few moments, until he had ascertained whether the solicitor in the next cause was in attendance. Lord DENMAN said the parties had no right to calculate upon other cases being tried before theirs. Every person having a cause upon the list for trial, should be in attend ance at the sitting of the Court. _ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—I admit, my Lord, that according to the old rule every cause on the list is the first cause. Lord I) ENMAN—That rule has never been set aside, and it is a very good rule. Without such an understanding the business of the Court could never go on. All the cases on the list, with the exception of the last, having been struck out, or otherwise disposed of, Mr. PLATT observed that it was not yet eleven o'clock, and hoped the Court would allow it to stand over for a short time. Lord DENMAN (with much emphasis)—Mr. Platt, don't let us bear such an excuse for the non-attendance of attor ineys, who ought to be here at nine o'clock on the morn ngs when their causes stand for trial. There is no sever e dealing in the course w hi c h t h e C our t is pursuing, but the severe dealing is in the conduct pursued by the attorney'. towards their clients ; and I know not how long clients will submit to have their interests thus neglected and betrayed. Any case on the list may be cplled on at the sitting of the Court, and it is highly important that that should he gene rally understood. His Lordship afterwards observed, that if the parties on both sides were ready, in any of the cases that had been struck out, he would now hear them ; and no one having answered, the Court rose at eleven o'clock. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury.) KEbIPSTALL V. NELSON. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, the pro prietor of a Fulham omnibus, 'against the proprietors of the Falmouth and Exeter coach, to recover compensation for injuries done to the omnibus by the coach. It appeared that on the night of the 13th of June last, the plaintiff's omnibus was proceeding slowly through vi c ie w buy to Ful ham, and when opposite P,evonsbirethouse, the Exeter coach which W ll 4 clining at a rot pid pace in the opposite di reetion TAR against the omnibus. In the collision which took place the polo of the omnibus was broken, and one of the horses received a severe injury. There eleven passengerspone tho omnibus ? but oof ..gemleven sustained any % 11,417, 1 The ild‘ ,endant's case had not commenced when our Re porter loft. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. (Before the RECORDER.) Two men, named Johnson and illexa - nder, the forme► the conductor, the latter the driver of a Mile-end and Pic cadilly omnibus, were indicted, the one for stealing a purse, containing a .live-pound note, some pawnbrokers' dupli cates, two sovereigns, and two half-sovereigns ; and the other for receiving one of the duplicates, well knowing it to be stolen. _ _ _ It appeared in evidence that on the evening of the 25th of- November, a widow lady, named Wiley, while a pas senger in an omnibus, of which the prisoner Johnson was conductor, and Alexander, the driver, lost a purse, con taining the money, and articles named in the indictment, and at the same time had her pocket cut. Upon enquiry, it was ascertained that one of the pawnbrokers' . tickets was presented at the office by Alexander, who being taken into custody said he purchased it from Johnson for a- sum of five shillings, provided all was right. Alexander then gave the address of Johnson, appeared to be wholly un conscious of any felony having been committed ; and search being made at his house, no _other portion of the lost pro perty was found there. The purse was seen in the hands of Johnson, who said in his defence that he obtained it by finding it on the steps of the omnibus, and that he could not ascertain the name of the owner. No trace could be had of the money. Mr. PHILLIPS addressed the Jury on behalf of the pri soner Alexander. He contended that the evidence did not bring home a guilty knowledge to his client, who had acted all through under the belief that Johnson came by the purse honestly, and though keeping property after having the means of making out the owner was in the eye of the law a stealing, yet the Jury could not suppose the prisoners to be conversant with such a provision, and they might fancy themselves entitled to appropriate what was found to their own use. Alexander received an excellent character from several witnesses who had known him for many years ; and John son from persons who were acquainted with him for a short time. The Jury retired to consider their verdict, and after an hour's consultation returned into Court, finding both the prisoners Guilty. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) Edward Radcliffe was indicted for stealing two barrels of porter and one barrel of ale, the property of J. Plimmer. The prisoner kept the White Horse, a new beer shop in the Clapham-road. The prosecutor is an ale brewer, car rying on business in the Walworth-road; The prisoner had for the last two years been supplied with beer by the prosecutor, but in consequence of his having got into prosecutor's debt, he was informed that he would not be supplied with any more beer unless he paid ready money. The two barrels of porter which formed the subject of this prosecution were ordered and - sent, on the distinct under standing that they were to be paid for on delivery. The prisoner, however, having once got them into his possession down the cellar, refused alike to pay for them, or to lot the draymen take them back again. Several witnesses were examined, who gave the prisoner an excellent character. The Jury returned a verdict of guilty, but recommended the prisoner to mercy, in which recommendation the prose cutor joined. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIR:S7' SPRING MEETING, 1837 WEDNF.SDAY. The Portland Handicap, a Free Handicap Sweepstakes, of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., with 300 added by the Duke of Portland. Last three miles of B.C. Six to accept, or no race. Accept ances to be signified on or before Tuesday, the •20th inst. lionises, 5 yrs, 9st. Whitefoot, 6 yrs, ist. 41b. Bay Middleton, 4 yrs, Bst. 91b. Lucifer, 5 yrs, 7st. 41b. Freny, aged, Bst. 81b. Jacob Faithful, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b. Birdlime, 6 yrs, Bst. 41b. Coriolanus, 5 yrs, 7st. 31b. Mundig, 5 yrs, Bst. 41b. Noodle, 6 yrs, 7st. 31h. Elis, 4.. yrs, Bst. 31b. Amesbury, aged, 7st. 31b. Gladiator, 4 yrs, Bst. 11b. Jordan, 4 yrs, 7st. 31b. Sylvan, 5 yrs, Bst. 11b. Rioter, 6 yrs, 7st. 21b. Rush, 6 yrs, Bst. Florestan, 5 yrs, 7st. 21b. Catherina, aged, ist. 131 b. Hock, 4 yrs, 7st. 21b. Ascot, 5 yrs, Ist. 131 b. Lyrnessus, 5 yrs, 7st. 21b. Silenus, 5 yrs, Ist. 131 b. Jupiter, 5 yrs, 7st. 11b. Carnaby, aged, 7st. 121 b. Black Diamond, 4 yrs, Ist. 116. Gipsy, 5 yrs, 7st. 121 b. Olympia, 6 yrs, 7st. 11b. Tainworth, 5 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Turban, 5 yrs, 7st. lib. Slane, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b. Black Daphne, g., 6 yrs, 7st. llb. Spume, 6 yrs, 7st. 10Ib. Wedge, 4 yrs, 7st. 11b. Diana, aged, 7st. 91b. Royal George, 4 yrs, 7st. 11h. Famine, 6 yrs, 7st. 91b. Roadster, aged, 7st. lib. Athenian, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. Usury, 5 yrs, 7st. Mr. Waggs, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. Eagle,.aged, 7st. Venison, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. Snyders, 4 yrs, 7st. Scroggins, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. Trapball, 4 yrs,, 7st, Carew, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. CYPriani ' 4 . yrs, 7st. Lady le Gros, 6 yrs, 7st. 81h. Locr:notive 4 yrs, 6st, 131 b. Pelops, 5 yrs, 7st. Sib. .trourath, 5 ) yrs, 6st. 131 b. Elizondo 5 yrs, 7st. 71b. Longinus, 5 yrs, 6st. 1316. Verbena, 5 yrs, 7st. 7%. Airy, 6 yrs, 6st. 121 b. Felix, 4 yrs, 7st. 71b. Whaley, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Knobstick, 5 yrs, 7st. 71b. Ebberston, 4 yrs, tist. 101 b. Redshank, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b. Carpenter, 4 yrs,.6st. 101 b. Luck's All, 5 yrs, 7st. 51b. Bodice (bay), 5 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Alumnus, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b. Jack in the Green, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Pussy, 6 yrs, 7st. 51b. Tom Beazeley, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Beeswing, 4 yrs, 7st. 51b. • Destiny, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. Bubastes, 6 yrs, 7st. 51b. Alui, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b. SHIPPING.-(TIIIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 6.—Wind S. W., fresh.—Arrived the Ber nard, Wells, from Quebec ; Catherine Hannah, Anderson, from Pictou; Colyton Union, Good, and Liberty, Tulloch, from Seville. Came down from the river and remain with the outward-bound the Statira, Baker, for Jamaica; Moun taineer, —, for Demerara; Hopewell, Parent, and Garland, Grove, for Jamaica ; Underwood, Wood, for Demerara ; Tran sit, Scolley, and Mary, Turner, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and Palmyra, —, for Bombay. Arrived the Bernard, from the Westward for London. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.—Wind W. to S.W.—Arrived the Ann, Eliza, and Jane, —, from Quebec, leaky, &c., bound to Hull ; and Sophie, Kroning, from Memel. PLYMOUTH, DEC. S.W.--Arri;ed the Blessing, from Cadiz. FALMOUTH, DEC. 5. —Wind W., fresh gales and squally..—. His Majesty's steamer Spitfire, for the Mediteraneati ; Lord Melville Packet, for the West Indies ; and his Majesty's brig Espoir, for Lisbon, all with mails, are detained by strong con trary winds. . . :MARGATE, DEC. 6.—Arrived off port the Virginia, Rosa, from Oporto ; and Blanch, Prevett, from Limerick. GLOUCESTER ; DEC. s.—Arrived the Aimwell, Scott, from Dorchester. LIVERPOOL, DEC. s.—Arrived the Mary Bilby, Cumming, from Bombay ; Zetland, Malley, from Monte Video ; Thomas Carty, Kelly, from Demerara ; Susan St. John, —, and Jane and Margaret, _, from Richebucto ; New Jersey, Dickson, from Savannah ; Glasgow, Burns, Thomas Peale, Carr, and Mary, —, from Quebec. The Petronella, Scharn3, from London to Amsterdam, is on shore on the Zurdevul, and must discharge. The Dundee, Davidson, from Memel to Dundee, is lost on Vleland. The Hindoo, Driscoll, from Liverpool to Bombay, was to t.►lly lost near Bombay about the 18th of August, mate and one man drowned. The following was posted at Lloyd's this morning : ".British Consulate, Boulogne, Dec. 5. " Dear Sir,—l have just returned from the unfortunate wreck of the Thomas and Alfred, of London, and take the earliest opportunity of representing to you, for the information of the underwriters, the very praiseworthy conduct of the mate, second mate, and carpenter of the aforesaid ship, in saving a box of dollars, amounting to about 1,000/.., which without them, I have no hesitation in saying, would, in all probability, have been plundered. I have therefore considered it my duty to recommend them to the kind consideration of the under writers. Such conduct ought not to be lost sight of. " I have seen many wrecks since my appointment here (about fifteen years), but I never witnessed a more deplorable one of a merchant ship than that of the Thomas and Alfred. — I remain, Sir, &c. &c. (Signed) "W. HAMILTON. " To W. Dobson, Esq., secretary, Lloyd's. " P. S.—Your agent ) to doubt, keeps you well informed of the particulars of the ship and cargo." THE FUNDS.-CLOSINu PRICES. BRITISH V U N OS: Bank Stock . 203 Omni.. . 8774' India Stock To ° ri ck ris . . '' . ................... .................. 11 — Tm. 3 per Cent Red. 3 per Cent Cults ly,, per Cent. ( 96 — )1 i , so;;iitittolioSelda A St n oc n k iiiii . e . , .. ....... ...... N per Cent. Red , x 3 Ditto .New Annu►ticc New i'ls6 per Cent l:x. Bills, IWO/ I• per Cent. Assented . nid. ... 13 pm. Ditto 500/ Dissented ..... ........ -- 12 pm. Ditto 50t11 Long Annuities to expire 14 2 Jai ISM l4 11-10 Bank Stock for Opg. Oct 1850 ... ............... .... 14 P-lU Lidia Stock for Act. Jan. 1860,- ..................... Consols for Act.. Austrian, 5 per cent...... .....•• tlelgian, 5 per cent WO% Br...zilian 13onds IL ieno s Ayres, 6 per cent — Chillan, 6 per con. —.., Colombian, 6 per cent. . Ditto, 183 22 l 4 D a nish, 3 per cent Gmie.exeitalnto, 5 odsp,el:pc;ist2 . ).e.r cent, ___ Ditto, 6 per cell{., igai":::.".". Peruvian, 1,.,..„, '`, ft per cent — FOREIGN! FUNDS. P:brttiguese Bonds, 5 per co , " A .- "; Ditto, Now Ditto. ....... .-••• .... --/sz Prussian, 5 per cent .. .••••' Russian P,iids, 5 per re" •••• Ditto, Metallic .............. Spanish, 511er eerie. *************** llrtto Consoliaated• 19 Feeoch, 5 per cot ••••••••• —f. —C. * * .............. 5 ( 7 - 4 0 c % C: )latch, 1 7 percent Ditto, SHA Great Western Railway ittiay :—.... ... ..... ..... -....- ........... 4 33 London and Brighton Railway (Re" ) ' '",,,,•• 174 London and (reenwich Railway ••• ..... ~,.•. ............. , 21% London and Southampton ItailwaY .- ,, a4 London Grand Junction 11 ,10 7::ty ll M o a; h bester South 1 , 7' on H a llway ly, 3 ' s ' .l i d I 7: i - d Itaiiw'a'y ... : ....... .. , . v . a .. y ...................... * •• 13p • lof Shama since our s . One o'clock ~,. Eastern and Dover.tt No other variations in the Pricie,sist. The Lord William Bentinck is announced as having arrived in the Downs. It will be remembered that this is the ship regarding which great anxiety was felt about two months ago, ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. The new opera, called The Village Coquettes, which has been a good while in preparation, was performed for the first time yesterday evening. The drama is from the pen of Mr. Charles Dickens (so well-known by his soubriquet of Buz) and the music is by Mr. John Hullah, a young composer, hitherto unkuown to the public : Wlasthar cos sidered with regard to its dramatic or musical qualities, this opera is of a very uncommon character, and has no tinCiii blence to the musical pieces to which for many years we have been accustomed. It is a light and elegant eethedy f in which a great deal of gaiety and humour are blended with scenes of great interest, and many sweet and natural touches of tenderness and feeling. Th e mus i c i s a d m i ra b ly in acc or d ance w ith the subject ; simple, una ff ecte d, an d full of beautiful, expressive, English melody. Mr. Hullah has received his education in the Royal Academy of Mu sic, and does honour to his alma mater. Th e scene of The Village C oque tt es i s l a id i n an EnOjai% Viii age, an d the incidents are supposed to have happened about a cens tury ago. The piece opens with the - representatio n of a farmer's rick-yard, in which a number of work peo ple arc engaged in the concluding labours of the harvest, and welcoming the harvest-home with a gay rowed and chorus. From a dialogue which ensues hetwssen John Madox, farmer Benson's principal servant, stud Mr. Mar tin Stokes, a small farmer, full of self-importance and bustle, with a wondrous s kill i n di scovering when there is c. something wrong" in the concerns of his neighbours, it appears that there is something wrong in the attentions paid to farmer Benson's daughter Lucy and his niece Rose by Squire Norton, the lord of the manor, and his friend the Hon. Mr. Sparkins. The Squire and his friend enter from shooting. Mr. Norto n contr i ves to have a few moments' conversation with , Lu cy ; from which it appears that, though her heart remains full of affection for her rus tic lover, she is dazzled by the, addresses of the Squire. The Squire joins the farmer and his friends in drinking a glass to the harvest-home, and the sce ne concludes with an animated drinking song, sung by him, with a chorus. George Edmonds, the lover of Lucy, then a ppears in the fi e ld s , musing on his unhappi ness . He is ling er i ng in hopes to meet with Lucy, wh en R ose m akes her a ppearance. Thi s damsel, on her part, i s expectingto meet her admirer, M r . While he Flam, and is anxio us t o get Ed mon ds aw ay , is earnestly i n q u i r i ng a b ou t L ucy , M a d ox enters, an d soon afterwards Flam. Flam plays the bully, and attenipece ; ts to strike Madox with th e b ut t en d o f his fowling-pi but the blow is parried by Edmonds, who depart s w i t h Madox, after contemptuously reproving Flam for his treachery and cowardice. Flam vows revenge ; and then succeeds in persuading his simple mistress that the affair was all a joke. The scene ends with a lively and clever duet between them. The old farmer, at last, becomes ac quainted with the intimacy between the Squire and his daughter, 'oy means of the busy Mr. Stokes, who no less eagerly gives the same information to young Benson, the fariner's son. The Squire arrives at the farm, and is per suadines Lucy to elope with him, when they are surprised by old Benson. The Squire at first endeavours to conci liate him, but stung by the bitterness of his language, tells him his lease is expired, and orders him to quit 'his farm. The farmer's friends and servants crowd slime, the stage, and the first act is terminated by a well-wroii.ght and agi tated finale. In the secon d ac t, Mr. Mean is lounging over his breakfast, when a letter is put into his hands frinn a London attorney, demanding inimedisite restitution of a sum of money which he had unfaia:ly won at play. Dis mayed at this communication, he •eesolves on exerting him self to aid the accomplishment. of the Squire's designs on Lucy, in order to obtain such a recompence as may relieve him from his dilemma. Ha determines to carry off Lucy during the harvest-home. entertainment :to be given at the hall that night'; and sits down to apprise Norton of his design, and to write to his London correspondent promising immediate payment of the money demanded of him. He writes the note to Norton, but is pre vented from writing the other, and hastily `,ncloses in an envelope the letter he has received from London in stead of that which he has just written to Norton, putting his note to Norton in his pocket. Martin Stokes, who has learned that Flam has been in quiring for a trusty person to do a piece of' secret service for him, presents himself as that person, and is engaged, by a promise of reward, to have a chaise and four waiting at ten o'clock. The conversation being carried on in hints and inuendocs, Stokes naturally enough supposes that Rose is to be the victim of this intended abduction, and hastens away to paralyse her and her lover John Madox by this tremendous disclosure. After some scenes, in the course of which everything is put to rights between the Squire and the farmer's family, and the lovers are reconciled to their repentant fair ones, all parties ate assembled 'in, the ball-room at the hall, with a large concourse of country people. While a merry country dance is going forward a scream is heard from the garden, and all is confusion. In a few moments Edmonds enters, from the window, bearing Lucy insensible in his arms ; and Plant, with his clothes torn and his face disfigured, ix led in by Madox and Stokes.' Suspicion immediately fads on the Squire as the prompter of the deed, which he indignantly disclaims. Flam, finding himself given up, asserts that he acted under the Squire's instructions, and appeals for the truth of his charge to a letter in the Squire's own pocket. Mr. Norton produces • the letter of the London Attotney, from which he has just learned the base character of his friend ; and Flam retires in confusion and disgrace, leasing the Squire and his guests in harmony and happiness. The festivities arc resumed ; and the piece is rounded (IX by a repetition of the jovial chorus with which it opene•;t. The drama is worths , of being judge 4 by stricter rules of criticism than are usually applied to mu sical pieces. The plot is clear and well conducted. characters varied, the dialogue lively and vigorous, and l us musical part of it contains some poetry such as opera cols posers seldom meet with. The following song, sung ;), Norton, may be taken as a specimen : " Dear father, what can honour be, Of which I hear men rave. Field, cell, and cloister, land and sea, The tempest and the grave, It lives in all, 'tis sought in each, 'Tis never heard or seen: Now tell me, father, I beseech, What can this honour mean?" The author has treated the character of Lucy with 114 '01, skill and delicacy. Miss Rainsforth was an excellent repre 7 sentative of this interesting character. Her song, ha the second act, " How beautiful at even. tide," is an impass?oned composition, and enabled her to (airplay not only the extent of4her vocal attainments, but the strength of her exiir s ession. Miss Julia Smith gave full cfr.cet to the light-hearted sim plicity of Rose, and sane- °se song, " Some folk s who have grown o ld an d and s ad the flirting duet with Dam, with a most amusing playfulricPs, and great beauty of voice, and execution. This yosinss lady is full of promise.' She has great taste and skill, as a vocalist, and an archness and Ave linesa of manner truly fascinating. Brahain gave to the part of the Squire the easy good humour that belongs to it. His song, or rather solil oqu y, " The Child and th e Old Man," dir t ,layed his matchless power of making mus;c he language of deep and passionate thought. Bennet, as Ed monds, acted with great propriety, and sang heatitifully : especially in the ballad, " Autumn leaves , autumn icaves, which speaks the very language of grief. Barnett's Flam was, perhaps, a little too studie'd and formal ; though, on the whole, a clever performance. Harley, in Martin Stokes, kept the audience in an unceasing roar of laughter. The_ f this Opera does the highest limos t o Mr.. getting up o Braham's management. The scenery and decorations were singularly beautiful, and the whole of the ?essermers were ac curately attired in the cos t umes o f th e l a ss century. It is almost unnecessary to say that the succsss of such a piece . as this was, as it must h ave b een, t :iiimpliikut. At its co nclusion Mr. Hullah, being loudl y sailed forsappearcd e in which j before the curtain am id s t t h un d ers s' applause, Mr. Braham, a t one o f th e w i ngs - warmly oine& A cry which instantly re so un d e d was then c ommence d o f " Bo from every part o f t h e h ous and was continu e d >ill Mr- Dickens a l so came f orwar d ud was received w ith equal cordiality. The princip erformers were also called for, and Mr. Harley annou d the piece for repetition, every evening. IA M M.P.--The Lectures en the are announced for delivery by this :entle- I 4I Y Rooms, about the middle of this,uonth, • to attract the largest audiences that tie largest . orns /n, l i n TO and S the several towns of Wilts Dorset, erset, in which they have been, and are still colt tinujto be, d e li vere d . At W arm i nster , a b ou t 4a,9 per. og n o attended the closing lecture of the course, and some o fismilics, who came from a distance of several mikq, as well as some of the inhabitants of the town, were vn4thle to ob tain admission for want of room. At the town hall was scarcely sufficient to contain the number of the attendants ; and at Shaftesbury, where Mr. Puckingliam concluded his course on Thursday last, the lectures were obliged to be adjourned from the town-hall, for' want of ade quate room, and given in the large assembly room of that town. Mr. Bitokingbam is now at Wineanton; and, after visiting TArchester, Blandford, and Bridport, (to the two last 9f 'which places he has been invited to return and r ept.at course,) he may be expected positively in Bath, to com mence his morning lectures in the Assembly Rooms, and at Bristol a few days after, to give the same course at the Hot wells. From the universal satisfaction which his lectures appear to have given everywhere throughout the route, we anticipate much pleasure from his lectures licre.—Bath e Journal. Yesterday a witness in the Central Criminal Court was called upon to testify concerning the reputation of another witness for veracity. Why," said he, I hardly know what to tell you. She sometimes jests and jokes, and then I don't believe her ; but when she under takes to tell anything far a fact, I believe her, as much a s I do the rest of ray ueighbours!" MR. BUCKI Holy Land, w man in our ' arc contini